Converting to PDF

[Chris]

I'm having trouble converting any Office document (mainly Word and
PowerPoint) into PDFs.

Clicking on the 'Convert to PDF' button tells me that I do not have a
PDF printer installed (even though I have a full version of Acrobat
Professional CS). The only way I can PDF these docs is to 'print' as a
PDF which gives me no output options and I end up with a PDF several
times the size of the original document.

Can anyone give me a pointer on how to get this problem fixed? I have
a PC that works fine (as in the 'Convert to PDF' button generates a
nice small PDF, not a giant PDF, unfortunately I can't get my Mac to
do the same.

Cheers

 

[Michel Bintener]

I had the same problem, an update to Acrobat 6.0.1 (or 6.0.2) fixed it by
automatically installing the PDF Printer. You should find it here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macint
osh
Though I have to add that I removed the Adobe toolbar from Office, since it
slowed down the startup of the MS apps and the toolbar would always appear
at the same place in Word, taking up an entire row. And with Office 2004,
the SR1 update conflicts with Excel PDF Maker, and I rarely ever use that
feature, so disabling it was the most obvious solution. If I now want to
create a PDF file, I just use the Print menu and select the Adobe Printer.
Works fine for me, Office runs as fast/slow as usual and the palettes are
where I want them to be. Anyway, try the update and see if it works.
Normally, it should.

Michel

 

[James H.]

While we're on this topic, does anyone else find that when they use OS
X's built in PDF conversion tools with Office 2K4 that their pages
come out in reverse?

 

[Michel Bintener]

No, only when I print the file. I assume you're talking about Word here. If
so, make sure that the checkbox "Reverse print order"
(Word>Preferences>Print) is not ticked. I'm not sure about the other
programs, since I never use them to print stuff, but if this procedure here
solved the problem, I guess you'll have to repeat it in the other apps. Hope
this was helpful.

Michel